Foil Embossing

Hi!

Today's card has some retired product on it, but I thought I'd show you anyway.  It shows a great technique, and it was one we made in a Masculine Cards class a few months back.

Isn't the metallic background awesome?  So simple too - it's just kitchen foil adhered to some cardstock and embossed in the Big Shot.  Easy peasy!

Fabulous technique for male cards as it adds a really industrial look to the card.

Bye for now,

Tina

A Well Worn Need For Speed

Hi!

Today I have a male card for you, made to give to a mate of Rob's for his birthday.

Would you believe that the card is actually a CASE of the Pony Party card on page 55 of the Idea Book and Catalogue? Fellow JAI Design Team member Chantell Randall challenged us to CASE the card, and as I needed a male card I made this one.  You can see lots of different elements from the card - the ribbon, flagged sentiment, embossed section of the base card, turned over corner on the main panel, double layered panel behind it.  I just changed a few little things to make it a male card.  it was lots of fun to play along with some of the other girls on the DT.

Why don't you challenge yourself to CASE a card from the IB&C. There's plenty of ideas to choose from!

Stamps: Need For Speed, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Early Espresso
DSP/Cardstock: Well Worn DSP, River Rock, Early Espresso
Other: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Artichoke Denim Ribbon, Silver Mini Brads, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Disterssing Tool

Bye for now,

Tina

A Distressing Need For Speed

Hi!

I have been playing a lot with my new Distressing Essentials kit lately.  This card was made for a male friend, so I paired the Mahogany Distressing ink with Well Worn DSP to create a card.

I love how I managed to get the distressing on the stamped image to match the distressing on the DSP.

I used a few scraps of Denim Ribbon and DSP from the front of the card to create a little feature on the inside.

Stamps: Need For Speed, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess)
Ink: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Mahogany Distressing Ink
DSP/Cardstock: Well Worn DSP, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Whisper White
Other: Artichoke Denim Ribbon, Paper Snips, Blender Pen, Dimensionals, Distressing Essentials Kit, Sponge Dauber

Bye for now,

Tina

Well Worn Need For Speed

Hi!

In my last blog post I mentioned I'd made two cards using the Need For Speed stamp set while I had all my gear out.  This is the second card, made for my brother in law.  He has a little quad bike that the kids all have a fun time riding when we go to visit, so naturally the card had to use the quad bike stamp!

I stamped the quad bike, fussy cut around it and popped it up on dimensionals.  I adhered it to a panel that I'd stamped with the Texture Jumbo wheel.  I thought it looked a bit like the quad bike was hooning through some mud!

I kept the Texture theme going on the inside too.

Stamps: Need For Speed, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess), Texture Jumbo Wheel
Ink: More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Versamark
DSP/Cardstock: Well Worn DSP, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard
Other: Blue Denim Jean Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

Catch you later,

Tina

Need For Speed Birthday Card

Hi!

Today I have a card for you that I made for my Uncle's Birthday  I decided to use the new stamp set, Need For Speed, which is perfect for adult male cards.

I kept the layout fairly simple to let the car be the star of the show!

Another car to finish off the inside too. I chose my colour combination based on the Well Worn DSP, as I already had it all out on my desk after making a birthday card for my brother in law.  I'll post his card later in the week.

Stamps: Need For Speed, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess)
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze
DSP/Cardstock: First Edition Speciality DSP, Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze
Other: Blue Denim Jean Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets (retired), Crop-a-Dile, Dimensionals

Catch you later,

Tina